EP1884659B1 - Belüftungsvorrichtung für die Rotornabe einer Windkraftanlage - Google Patents

Belüftungsvorrichtung für die Rotornabe einer Windkraftanlage Download PDF

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EP1884659B1
EP1884659B1 EP07112071.1A EP07112071A EP1884659B1 EP 1884659 B1 EP1884659 B1 EP 1884659B1 EP 07112071 A EP07112071 A EP 07112071A EP 1884659 B1 EP1884659 B1 EP 1884659B1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D29/00—Details, component parts, or accessories
    • F04D29/70—Suction grids; Strainers; Dust separation; Cleaning
    • F04D29/701—Suction grids; Strainers; Dust separation; Cleaning especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03D—WIND MOTORS
    • F03D1/00—Wind motors with rotation axis substantially parallel to the air flow entering the rotor 
    • F03D1/06—Rotors
    • F03D1/065—Rotors characterised by their construction elements
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03D—WIND MOTORS
    • F03D1/00—Wind motors with rotation axis substantially parallel to the air flow entering the rotor 
    • F03D1/06—Rotors
    • F03D1/065—Rotors characterised by their construction elements
    • F03D1/0691—Rotors characterised by their construction elements of the hub
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03D—WIND MOTORS
    • F03D80/00—Details, components or accessories not provided for in groups F03D1/00 - F03D17/00
    • F03D80/60—Cooling or heating of wind motors
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D25/00—Pumping installations or systems
    • F04D25/02—Units comprising pumps and their driving means
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05B—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G
    • F05B2260/00—Function
    • F05B2260/60—Fluid transfer
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05B—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G
    • F05B2260/00—Function
    • F05B2260/60—Fluid transfer
    • F05B2260/64—Aeration, ventilation, dehumidification or moisture removal of closed spaces
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/70—Wind energy
    • Y02E10/72—Wind turbines with rotation axis in wind direction

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  • the present invention relates generally to a ventilation assembly for a wind turbine rotor hub.
  • heat sources inside the hub are as diverse as relays installed in switch cabinets, batteries, chargers for batteries, pitch drive motors, pitch gear boxes, and pitch drive controllers, hydraulic units, as well as the main shaft bearing in some designs.
  • reliable operation of several components is only guaranteed within a certain temperature range. For example, electronic circuits or batteries may malfunction at excess temperatures. Due to the several heat sources inside the hub, overheating problems of these components may occur, especially during summer.
  • ventilation holes are provided in the hub of some wind turbine designs.
  • these ventilation holes are relatively small since, otherwise, water may leak into the interior of the hub through the ventilation holes.
  • this is unfavorable in view of the sensitive electrical and mechanical installations in the hub. Therefore, only a small amount of heat can be exchanged through the small ventilation holes but the cross-sectional area of the ventilation holes cannot be simply enlarged.
  • a ventilation assembly for a wind turbine rotor hub in accordance with appended claim I is provided.
  • the air vent can provide a large vent hole for exchanging air between the interior and the exterior of the rotor hub.
  • overheating problems of installations inside the rotor hub can be considerably reduced.
  • Due to the screen of the protection rainwater or condensed water cannot enter the interior of the hub so that the sensitive electrical and mechanical installations are protected. Since the protection is freely rotatable, the protection essentially maintains its position with respect to the ground. In other words, the protection is not considerably affected by the rotation of the rotor hub during operation of the wind turbine. In turn, also the screen maintains its position with respect to the ground so that liquid running down the outer surface of the rotor hub can be constantly deflected by the screen.
  • the ventilation assembly according to the first aspect of the present invention provides a considerably enlarged vent hole while maintaining liquid protection of the hub interior.
  • a passive ventilator allows air ventilation by utilizing the rotation of the rotor hub during operation of the wind turbine.
  • the ventilation does not require any active driving parts, e.g. electrical motors, so that the ventilator is reliable, relatively cheap and almost maintenance-free.
  • the passive ventilator utilizes the hub rotation during operation of the wind turbine.
  • the frame of the ventilator is mounted to the rotor hub and, therefore, will follow the rotational movement of the hub. Since the fan is freely rotatable about its connection to the frame, the fan does not or only very slightly follow the rotational movement of the rotor hub. Thus, the fan executes a relative movement with respect to the rotor hub but essentially maintains its position with respect to the ground.
  • Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of a ventilation assembly 100.
  • the ventilation assembly 100 includes a frame 110 surrounding a cover 140.
  • Frame 110 is adapted to be fixed to a wind turbine rotor hub, e.g. by screws (not shown).
  • Cover 140 is pivoted on a rotational axis 150 to be freely rotatable with respect to the frame 110.
  • Cover 140 includes a shielding member 160 which is formed as a jalousie-like air grill. Since the air grill is pivoted about axis 150, the fins 160 stay in a horizontal position even when the hub rotates during operation of the wind turbine.
  • frame 110 performs a relative movement with respect to cover 140 when the hub rotates while cover 140 maintains an essentially constant position with respect to the ground due to its inertia.
  • shielding member 160 prevents water, e.g. rainwater or condensed water, from entering the interior of the hub while simultaneously providing a large area for air exchange between the interior and exterior of the hub.
  • the ventilation assembly shown in Fig. 1 has an additional weight 170 which is located off-axis of the rotational axis 150 of the cover 140.
  • the center of mass is shifted towards the outer circumference of the cover 140 so that the position of cover 140 is further stabilized when the hub rotates.
  • Fig. 2 shows an exploded view of the ventilation assembly shown in Fig. 1 .
  • frame 110 has a central opening 115 through which air can communicated between the exterior and the interior of the rotor hub.
  • frame 110 includes a collar 120 which is held in the center of opening 115 by a support 130.
  • support 130 has three support arms but any other suitable type of support or number of support arms may also be applied.
  • frame 110 includes a groove 117 surrounding the opening 115. Groove 117 serves for collecting liquid running down the outer surface of the rotor hub. If such liquid arrives at frame 110, it is collected in groove 117 and redirected around opening 115.
  • frame 110 has a screen 119 surrounding opening 115.
  • Screen 119 protrudes radially outward with respect to rotational axis 150 so that it protects opening 115.
  • groove 117 and screen 119 are combined in the example shown in Fig. 2 , it should be understood that they may also be omitted or provided separately according to other examples.
  • the cover 140 has a shaft 150 fitting to collar 120 to form a shaft to collar connection.
  • the shaft 150 is freely rotatable with respect to the collar 120 so that cover 140 is pivoted in a freely rotatable manner.
  • Cover 140 includes a plurality of shielding members 160 which are formed as shrouds 160 attached to vertical supports 170, 175.
  • the shrouds 160 are regularly spaced from each other so that ventilation openings 165 are formed between the shielding members 160 so that air can ingress and egress to the hub through ventilation openings 165 and opening 115 of the frame 110.
  • the shrouds (or fins) 160 extend in a horizontal direction and are inclined with respect to the vertical axis so that the lower end of an upper shroud overlaps with the upper end of a lower shroud.
  • the whole area of opening 115 is covered by shielding members 160 so that water cannot enter into the hub.
  • the ventilation openings 165 cover almost the full area of opening 115 so that a considerably large area is provided for air exchange between the interior and exterior of the rotor hub.
  • hub ventilation and, especially, cooling is considerably improved with respect to the small vent holes of the prior art designs.
  • the opening area can be increased by two to four orders of magnitude with the ventilation assembly according to the various examples of the present invention while still maintaining effective liquid protection.
  • Fig. 3 is a schematic view of a wind turbine 10 having a tower 20, a nacelle 30 mounted to the top of tower 20, and a rotor hub 40 mounted to the nacelle 30.
  • Rotor blades 50 are mounted to rotor hub 40 for extracting mechanical power from the wind.
  • hub 40 rotates with respect to nacelle 30 about rotational axis 30.
  • a front view of wind turbine rotor hub 40 is shown in Fig. 4 .
  • FIG. 5 shows a front view of a wind turbine rotor hub 40.
  • Three rotor blades 50 are mounted to rotor hub 40 at their respective blade root portions 55.
  • a ventilation assembly 100 as it has been described above is provided in the front side of the outer casing of hub 40.
  • the ventilation assembly 10 is centered with respect to rotor hub 40 so that the pivot axis 150 of cover 140 coincides with the rotational axis RA of the rotor hub 40.
  • FIG. 6 shows an enlarged perspective view of the rotor hub 40 shown in Fig. 5 .
  • rotor blades 50 have been omitted so that the hub flange 45 to which the blade root 55 is attached by a bolt connection is shown.
  • ventilation assembly 100 is shown in more detail.
  • Frame 110 is fixed to hub 40 so that it will follow the rotational movement of the hub during operation of the wind turbine.
  • Shielding member 160 protects the frame opening 115 (not shown) against rainwater or condensed water running down or splashing against hub 40.
  • shielding member 160 is pivoted in a freely rotatable manner about shaft to collar connection 150. Shaft 150 is aligned with the rotational axis RA of the hub 40 so that no centrifugal forces are acting on the cover.
  • an off-axis weight 170 stabilizes the horizontal position of the fins.
  • a front view of this rotor hub is shown in Fig. 7 .
  • shaft 150 does not coincide with the rotational axis RA of the hub but is radially spaced from the rotational axis. In such embodiments, however, centrifugal forces are acting on the shaft to collar connection 120, 150 and may deteriorate the horizontal stability of the air grill during rotation of the hub.
  • Fig. 8 shows an exploded view of a ventilation assembly 800 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the basic configuration of ventilation assembly 800 is similar to the ventilation assembly shown in Fig. 1 .
  • the ventilation assembly 800 includes a frame 810 having an opening 815 and a collar 820 held by supports 830.
  • a freely rotatable cover 840 with a central shaft 850 and shielding members 860 is provided.
  • cover 840 includes vertical supports 870, 875 to which the horizontal fins of the air grill are attached.
  • the vertical support 870 below shaft 850 is formed as an additional off-axis weight for stabilizing the horizontal orientation of the fins when the rotor hub is rotating.
  • a fan 880 is provided in the ventilation assembly.
  • the fan 880 has a central collar 885 to which blades 890 are attached. Like cover 840, also fan 880 is pivoted to be freely rotatable with respect to frame 810. Therefore, fan 880 executes a relative movement with respect to frame 810 when frame 810 follows the rotational movement of the rotor hub 40 to which is fixed. Thus, fan 880 forms a passive ventilator which does not require any active driving parts like an electric motor or the like. Instead, the passive ventilator 880 utilizes the rotation of the rotor hub 40 during operation of the wind turbine. The ventilation efficiency of the ventilation assembly 800 is thus improved by providing passive ventilator 880.
  • Fig. 9 shows a side view of the ventilation assembly 800 shown in Fig. 8 .
  • frame 810 of the ventilation assembly 800 according to the present embodiment has a groove 817 and a shield 819, both surrounding opening 815 to improve liquid protection.
  • the cover 840 and the fan 880 are coaxially aligned, i.e. their respective rotational axes coincide.
  • the shaft 850 of cover 840 extends through the collar 820 of the frame 810 so that collar 885 of fan 880 can form a shaft to collar connection with shaft 850.
  • fan 880 may have a shaft that extends through collar 820 of frame 810 and cover 840 may have a collar to mount cover 840 to the shaft of the fan 880.
  • the fan 880 or cover 840 having a collar may be either fixed to the shaft extending through collar 820 or may be pivoted in a freely rotatable manner on the shaft extending through collar 820.
  • both cover 840 and fan 880 may have collars and frame 810 may have shafts extending toward both the cover 840 and the fan 880.
  • both cover 840 and fan 880 may have shafts of different diameters fitting into each other.
  • Fig. 10 shows a perspective view of an assembled state of the ventilation assembly 800 according to the embodiment shown in Fig. 8 . Therein, it is shown how the collars 820, 885 of the frame 810 and fan 880, respectively, are coaxially aligned with the shaft 850 of the cover 840.
  • FIG. 11 The same embodiment is shown in Fig. 11 .
  • the right-hand side of Fig. 11 shows a cross-sectional view along line A-A as indicated on the left-hand side.
  • the cross-section extends through the rotational axis RA.
  • the coaxial orientation of frame 810, cover 840 and fan 880 is shown.
  • Fig. 12 shows a further cross-sectional view of this embodiment taken along line A-A as indicated on the left-hand side of Fig. 12 , i.e. off-center. Therein, the vertical inclination and the overlapping of the fins 760 is apparent from the right-hand side.
  • Fig. 13 shows a passive ventilator 200 for a wind turbine rotor hub.
  • the passive ventilator 200 includes a frame 210 which can be mounted to the rotor hub of the wind turbine, e.g. by screws, bolts or the like.
  • the frame 210 has at least one opening 215 and a shaft 220 held by supports 230.
  • frame 210 of the ventilator differs from frames 110, 810 of the ventilation assemblies described above in that it has a shaft instead of a collar.
  • a fan 250 is provided, wherein the fan 250 has a collar 260 and at least one blade 270.
  • Fan 250 can be mounted to the frame 210 by a shaft to collar connection 220, 260 so that the fan 250 is pivoted in a freely rotatable manner with respect to the frame 210. Therefore, fan 250 executes a relative movement with respect to frame 210 when frame 210 follows the rotational movement of the rotor hub 40 to which is fixed.
  • fan 250 forms a passive ventilator which does not require any active driving parts like an electric motor or the like. Instead, the passive ventilator 200 utilizes the rotation of the rotor hub 40 during operation of the wind turbine. Since the ventilator does not require any active driving parts, e.g. electrical motors, the ventilator is reliable, relatively cheap and almost maintenance-free.
  • Fig. 14 shows a side view of the passive ventilator 200 shown in Fig. 13 .
  • collar 260 of fan 250 is slideably mounted onto shaft 220 of frame 210.
  • frame 210 is provided with a collar and fan 250 is provided with a shaft.
  • the shaft to collar connection allows free rotation of the fan with respect to the frame.
  • the center of mass of the fan 250 is located at a radial distance from the axis of rotation of the fan 220. This may be achieved, e.g., by using blades 270 of different weight or by attaching an additional weight to at least one of the blades 270.
  • the orientation of fan 250 with respect to the rotating frame 210 is stabilized in the same manner as described above with respect to cover 140.
  • Fig. 15 is a schematic side view of a wind turbine.
  • a frame 210 is mounted inside the rotor hub 40 and a fan 250 is pivoted in a freely rotatable manner to the frame 210 by means of a shaft to collar connection 220, 260.
  • the ventilator is coaxially aligned with the rotational axis RA of the wind turbine.
  • rotor blades 50 extract mechanical power from the wind and initiate rotation of the hub 40 with respect to nacelle 30. Since frame 210 is fixed to hub 40, frame 210 follows the rotational movement of the hub, i.e. frame 210 also rotates.
  • fan 250 is pivoted in a freely rotatable manner so that it does not follow the rotation of hub 40 but remains in its initial position due to its inertia. Therefore, fan 250 moves relative to the interior of hub 40 and, thus, provides ventilation inside hub 40.
  • Fig. 16 shows a front view of the example shown in Fig. 15 .
  • hub 40 rotates in a clockwise direction.
  • Frame 210 is fixed to hub 40 and, therefore, also rotates in the clockwise direction.
  • the supports 230 and shaft 220 of the passive ventilator 200 rotate together with frame 210.
  • the fan 250 in particular blades 270, maintains its initial position with respect to rotational axis RA and, thus, performs a relative movement with respect to the interior of hub 40.
  • Fig. 17 shows a rotor blade ventilation.
  • a rotor blade 50 is provided with a conventional blade pedestal which is typically formed as a wooden plate.
  • the blade pedestal is provided in the root portion 55 of blade 50.
  • a ventilation 550 provided in the blade pedestal so that the interior of the blade 50 and the interior of the hub 40 are in fluid communication.
  • the ventilation 550 may include a conventional labyrinth seal (not shown) to avoid water intrusion into the blade during standstill of the wind turbine.
  • Fig. 18 shows an enlarged view of an improved version of the rotor blade ventilation shown in Fig. 17 .
  • the ventilation 550 in base plate 59 includes a ventilation plate 554 having at least one vent hole 558 sealed with a labyrinth seal.
  • vent holes 560 are provided at the trailing edge of the blade 50.
  • air intake from the interior of hub 40 may occur through vent hole 558.
  • the air intake may be enhanced by passive or actively driven ventilators provided inside hub 40.
  • an electrically driven ventilator is mounted in front of vent hole 558. The intake air is then exhausted from the interior of blade 50 through ventilation openings 560.
  • effective ventilation and cooling of the interior of rotor hub 40 is provided.

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  1. Belüftungsbaugruppe (200, 800) für eine Windradrotornabe (40), umfassend:
    einen an der Rotornabe (40) starr montierbaren Rahmen (210, 810) mit mindestens einer Öffnung (115, 815);
    eine Abdeckung (140, 840) für die mindestens eine Öffnung (115, 815), wobei die Abdeckung (140, 840) mit Bezug auf den Rahmen (210, 810) frei drehbar an dem Rahmen (210, 810) montiert ist, wobei die Abdeckung (140, 810) mindestens eine Belüftungsöffnung (165, 865) für den Eintritt und Austritt von Luft sowie ein Abschirmungsglied (160, 860) zum Abschirmen der mindestens einen Belüftungsöffnung (165, 865) gegen das Eindringen von an der Rotornabe (40) ablaufender Flüssigkeit aufweist; und
    ein am Rahmen (210, 810) über eine Welle-Nabe-Verbindung (220, 260, 820, 885) montiertes Gebläse (250, 880), welches mit Bezug auf den Rahmen (210, 810) frei drehbar ist.
  2. Belüftungsbaugruppe (200) nach Anspruch 1, wobei das Abschirmungsglied (160, 860) als Jalousie ausgebildet ist.
  3. Belüftungsbaugruppe (200, 800) nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, wobei das Abschirmungsglied (160, 860) mindestens eine Haube umfasst.
  4. Belüftungsbaugruppe nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Abdeckung (140, 840) ferner ein sich außermittig zur Drehachse der Abdeckung (140, 840) befindetes Gewicht (170, 870) umfasst.
  5. Belüftungsbaugruppe (200, 800) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei der Rahmen (210, 810) und die Abdeckung (140, 840) über eine Welle-Nabe-Verbindung (120, 150, 820, 850) aneinander montiert sind, wobei die Welle (150, 850) mit Bezug auf die Nabe (120, 820) frei drehbar ist.
  6. Belüftungsbaugruppe (200, 800) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei der Rahmen (210, 810) eine die Abdeckung (140, 840) umgebende Nut (117, 817) aufweist.
  7. Belüftungsbaugruppe (200, 800) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei der Rahmen (210, 810) eine die Abdeckung (140, 840) umgebende Blende (119, 819) aufweist.
  8. Belüftungsbaugruppe (200, 800) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei sich der Massenschwerpunkt des Gebläses (250, 880) in einem radialen Abstand von der Drehachse des Gebläses (250, 880) befindet.
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